On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:27:55 +0100 (CET)
> Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 13:33:06 +0100 (CET)
> > > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:46:29 +0100 (CET)
> > > > > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Tobias Giesen wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > AFAIK other widgetsets have fractionals too and you don't
> > > > > > > > need a parameter.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > OK then we'll call the new property
> > > > > > > AllowCarbonFractionalPositioning
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - either implement scale factors for TCanvas
> > > > > > > > - or add TextOut/TextExtent/... functions with floats to
> > > > > > > > TCanvas.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sounds like long-term solutions ... a new property could
> > > > > > > make everybody happy _today_.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And everybody unhappy in the future because it is very
> > > > > > ad-hoc, and bound to disappear, backwards compatibility
> > > > > > issues etc etc etc. It's also highly non portable, and the
> > > > > > LCL is about portability.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A long-term solution is always to be preferred.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On top:
> > > > > > I fail to see how you can use fractions, you cannot draw or
> > > > > > position on half a pixel...
> > > > >
> > > > > Antialising
> > > >
> > > > That's just playing with colors, not positioning on half a
> > > > pixel...
> > >
> > > Each character has a default width. If you set the Font Size the
> > > width is scaled and normally you will not get an integer value. With
> > > antialiasing you don't need to round, but you can paint the
> > > characters nicely at half pixels.
> >
> > Correct, but it remains only an emulation using colors, not real
> > screen pixels.
>
> Depends on POV.
> You need something like TextOut(3.5,0,'azarus');
I can imagine that. I cannot imagine how this would be achieved, though.
But this is your territory, I trust that by now you have it in your head :-)
Michael.
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